Tire-case.



No. 832,453. PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906. I P. E. BOWERS.

TIRE CASE. APPLICATION mum nu 3,1906.

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- FREDSON E. BOWERS, oF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

' TIRE-CASE. I

.Sp ecification of Letters Patent,

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed May 3, 1906 Serial No. 314,962.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it'known that I, FREDsoN E. BOWERS,

a citizen of the United States, residingv at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConneeticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire- Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be .a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Extra tires are provided for automobiles in case the tire in use is rendered useless, and as the extra tire is carried in exposed position .on the automobile it is a necessity to protect it from rain and dirt and in condition for immediate use. A case or cover is provided for inclosing the tire, and for this purpose my improvement resides in novel means for securing the case or cover upon the tire, and in the-claims appended hereto I will point out my said improvement in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows in side view a tire case or cover embodying my improvement as applied to and secured upon a tire. Fig. 2 shows, enlarged, the lapping ends and edges of the cover as they are fastened upon the tire. Fig. 3 shows the inner side ofone end of the-case or cover and a pair of metallic sockets, one at each edge near the end of-the case to receive and confine the ends of a pair of spring-hoops by'which the cover is secured upon the tire, the sockets being shown in section and as forming abutments to keep the ends of thespring-hoop in place and constant expansive force. Fig; 4 shows a cross-section of a tire and the case or cover fastened thereon by 'my resilient expansive, hoop. Fig. 5 shows a straight piece of steel wire which is formed into the retaining-hoo by the act of inserting it into ockets or cilannels formed at the edges of t e tire and within which it exerts an expansive force. Fig. 6 shows one of the metal abutments for the hoop ends. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the been given the form of a hoop or ring and to make it thereby a retaining-spring disconnected at its ends, and to provide a socket having a fixed relation to each end of the case or cover to receive and confine each end of said hoop is caused to have a resilient and upon the tire and keep the edges of the case in close lapping relation, whether on a closed or an open clencher-tire.

Each circular edge of the cover 1 is preferably provided with a lap or binder 2, as in my patent of January 10, 1905, No.7 79,578, for tire-cover, and the cover and the la s are made to form a circular case or cover or the tire, with the la s extending over the o em'n of the tire. T e edge of each lap is oun with a hem so as to form a circular channel or pocket 3, which opens at both ends near each end of the case, which is bisected transversely for that purpose. Into each of these pockets or channels 1s inserted not a wire hoo ah eady formed and which can have no resillent function on the case or cover, but a is automatically caused to assume the circular-form of the ocket or channel in the edge of the lap, and t ereby becomes a spring-hoop 5, "having its resilient forceexerted upon the cover to clamp and hold its ed es in contact with the walls or shoulders of t e tire. This resilient force of the hoo is rendered active at all times by reason of aving its ends con -fined in metallic sockets 6, which form abutments against which the ends 8 of the springhoop constantly press and insure a close fitting of the case or cover upon the tire. The steel wire thus inserted into the pocket of the hem or lap is caused to protrude at each end through a hole or open end 7 in the hem of the lap a short distance from the end of the case. A retaining-hoop is provided for each 6 5 i the hoop, as a fixed part of the case, whereby expansive action on the case to secure it straight steel wire 4, which as it is inserted IOO edge of the case or cover, and a metallic inclosed Within the case or cover outside of the pockets or channels, as in Fig. 3, and it is important for the proper holding function of the hoops that their ends be housed so that .It is important to'note that the spring h h ving tsends in losed infixed. sockets of t 6 c e is used thereby to act with an expanding-spring function between the sockets, that the hoop does not require to be connected together at its ends, nor to be adjusted to tighten it upon the tire.

I claim 1'- A ire 'case'er cover bisected transversely, and open. lon itudinally, a retaining spring-hoop therefor .astene'd at each edge of e cover, and metal sockets fastened tothe' inn ide of: the covernear each end thereof within which the ends of the hoop abut and are inelosed and have an expanding action upon the case.

2.1 8. tire case .or cover bisected transversely, open longitudinally and. having pockets or channels at its edges, a straight steel Wire insertedwithin said edge pockets and caused thereby to assume the form of a hoop conforming to the circle of the cover, and metal sockets fastened to the inner side.

of the cover near each end thereof whereby to form abutments for the ends. of the hoop .l

within the cover.

3. A: tire case or cover bisected transversely', and open longitudinally, and aretaining-hoop therefor consisting of a straight strand of steel wire loosely inclosed wit 1in each edge of the cover, and metal sockets fastened to the tire for retaining each end of the hoop. s

In testimony whereof I have signed. my name to this specifioationyin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDSON BOWERS. Witnesses: V I LEON J. BARRETT,

J. L. GlLsoN. 

